This document discusses interactive whiteboards and provides tips for their use in education. It explores the differences between hard and soft boards, recommended software, and how to choose the right board. Tips are provided for integrating multimedia, having students develop content, and finding resources and support for interactive whiteboards.

1. Interactive Whiteboard Discovery Session Lauren O'Grady Edsoft [email_address] http://ogrady.globalteacher.org.au

2. Hard or Soft Boards? What is the differences? What software is packaged with boards? How do you choose?

3. How will we stay connected? How do we find what we are looking for ? What knowledge do we have in the room? So you have an IWB? Or want one? Now what?

4. So lets start... It all works on an IWB

5. Images

6. Go for five ! Using five words describe the scene 5 Why Activities Add a 5 sentence audio narration to this image

7. Integrate Multimedia Video Learning Objects Web Applications

8. Students to develop content Scan or photograph students work and get them to reflect and create action plans for future work Students to be given work brief to teach class using IWB Students to use IWB software to create learning objects nominate a recorder and photographer for each session

9. Finding your way around IWB Software Text recognition Rub and Reveal Spotlight Blind Camera Keyboard Timer Maths Tools Video capture Resource Library Restrictors Containers Layers

10. Finding resources and support Skype Diigo Promethean Planet Del.icio.us Email

11. Acknowledgements http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrojp/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/iblee/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninjapoodle/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearlyambiguous/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/polandeze/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/oddsock/